Improvement in chairs



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL OHMER, OFDAYTON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,721, dated July 11,1876; application filed May 20, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I\IICHAEL OHMER, of Dayton, in the county ofMontgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Chair-Backs, and I do hereby declare the 'following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention has for its object the pro duction of a chairback whichwill combine strength with comfort; and my improvement consists inapplying to the ordinary back-brace an additional support for the back,which is connected thereto, as will be herewith set forth. To enableothers skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make anduse the same, I would thus proceed to describe it, referring to theaccompanying drawing, in which the figure represents 'aperspectiveviewof my improved chair-back.

The ordinary back brace is commonly a strip of hickory bent, asrepresented, and secured in the seat in the usual manner. The back rungsor banisters are mortised into the seat and in the under side of the topof the brace. This forms the entire back, which, from the mode ofconnecting the tops of the rungs, is not onlyliable to break loose, butthe thin top of the brace comingjust under the shoulders of the personoccupying the chair forms a very uncolnfortable support for the back.

To remedy this, I take an ordinary backtop, A, and secure it to the topof the brace B by means of glue, screws, bolts, or pins, or in anyconvenient manner; and instead of se curing the rungs O in the brace, Imortise them in the bottom edge of the top piece A. By this means muchof the strain is borne by the rungs and taken from the brace, which isall the stronger from not being mortised. At the same time the top pieceA forms an easy and comfortable support for the back.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The coinbinationand arrangement, with a chair,of the brace B, top A, and rungs or banister 0, when connectedsubstantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.

Witness my hand this 16th day of May, A.

MICHAEL OHMER. Witnesses:

CHAS. M. PEoK, WM. RITCHIE.

